OSCR Scottish charity profile

Hope! Church

ActiveCharity number SC010342
Registered31 October 1984
Main locationEast Lothian
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC010342
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
3
Postcode
EH21 6AA

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We operate as a church and hold regular meetings (sunday services, prayer meetings, youth meetings etc).

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of religion
  • the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

(a) To advance the Christian faith in accordance with the Statement of Beliefs appearing in the Schedule hereto attached in Scotland and in such other parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Directors may from time to time think fit and other such purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law of Scotland and are connected with the charitable work of the Charity. (b) To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Edinburgh and the Lothians without distinction of sex, sexuality, political, religious or other opinions by associating the local statutory authorities, voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities, or assist in the provision of facilities, in the interest of social welfare for recreation and other leisure-time occupation so that their conditions of life may be improved. (c) To relieve persons who are in conditions of need or hardship or who are aged or sick and to relieve the distress caused thereby in such parts of Scotland, the United Kingdom and the world as the Directors may from time to time think fit.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2024£115,015£96,62238 April 2026
31 December 2023£118,811£113,61938 April 2026
31 December 2022£117,629£127,19231 March 2024
31 December 2021£97,408£112,926310 January 2023
31 December 2020£120,299£122,814330 September 2021

Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.

04 Contact record

Principal office or trustees address

Address supplied to OSCR
49 Bridge Street, Musselburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.myhopechurch.co.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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